Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-06

lllule 700 muddy Tor the dudlneS.. .... Ihe
pulpit in the Baptist church was literally
covered with flowers Sunday, presenting a
very handsome appearance. ..... The
Bristol cornet band Will soon begin a
series of open air concerts. The members
have been diligently practising the past
winter, and will doubtless surprise some
of the knowing ones when they appear in
public.....An athletic entertainment is
announced to take place Thursday even
ing in Holley hall .... Travelling over
the New Haven road is a difficult matter
at the present time, the mud being from
one to two feet deep. Still the stages are
better than a rairoad-less danger of ac
cideuts.
Alburgh.
Your North Hero correspondent finds
fault with your Alburgh correspondent
for claiming that the former misstated
the facts in the case when he reported
some time since that this town had ignor-
ed the new law relative to highways. In
looking over the article he refers to find
did rather insinuate that he had mis-
taken the facts in the case" Upon maturer
reflections | am prepared to do away with
the insnuation and state plainly that he
did mistake the facts in the case, though
! presume it was because he was misin-
formed | also gave for his benefit sum
mary of what our meeting did in reference
to the new law and closed by saying eff
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done or If we have done anything not au-
thorized by the statute, will your CORE
| spondent please point it out little more
| in detail" Now, instead of trying to
show us wherein we did wrong, he under
| takes to substantiate his previous state
| ment by copying communication of an
Alburgh Springs correspondent of another
/ paper, prefacing it with the remark that
| If this correspondent is to be believed theu
| our version of the case on the start was
! true ] guess he is right here, for one was
I about as true as the other, and equally
backed up as to facts. He gives this cor
respondent rather a doubtful compliment,
when after giving his communication to
support his own case he says The writer
of this probably believes by this time it is
not SO easy to cheat the Vermont Legisla-
| ture as he imagined" And that "for
some reason he gets on the wrong side
| occasiOnallyas he did when the Hog Island
| fishermen were openly violating our fish
| laws" etc. | don't know about the fish
! business but | guess they both will find
out before long that they are on the wrong
side of the highway. | have omitted a
statement of what our town did in refer
ence to this matter as gave it fully in my
last, but do know that some of the few
that favored a special town meeting, have
since it was called compared the resolu-
tions with the act and have declared that
they had misunderstood them and that
they:could not see wherein they conficted
with the laws, and | am of the opinion if
your North Hero correspondent would
come over and examine those lille gal
measures" and rash vote" that was
forced upon the town." he would regret
having written so positively in reference
to matter he knew so little about
Bethel.
Hon. J. l.. Edwards of Newport has
been holding hearing as referee at the
Z nj nf I T In
several cases growing out of the settle
meHt of th9 estate Of the late FOrdyct
Pinney of Royalton, of which Hon. Crosby
Miller of Pomfret is executor. .AlonzC
Emery, Superintendent of the Congrega
tional Sunday school. last Sunday invited
his school to feast of new sugar
which was greatly enjoyed last evening Al
his house by 80 or more friends. .....Tht
sugar season. now about closed, has been
very satisfactory and successful, the cror
in this vicinity being fully an average one
varying in localities from three to five
pounds to tree w The Bethel Granite
company are to begin work quarryinl
their granite next week with "A force o.
20 men. Business seems to be lncreas
ing in the village: two new millinery
shops are opened this week and are win
ming good patronage.
Rutland.
The National Bank of Rutland sold Sat
urday afternoon, at auction, II buildns
lots and a tenement house which formerly
belonged to the estate of eX-Gov. Page
The prices received ranged from S3l5 t
Sl425, and the sales aggregated s9il5
Waterbury.
Curtis n. Arms retires from the firm o
Arms q Haines, and George w. Atkins
takes his place May l. Mr.. Atkins wa
late in BUSINESS at Burlington. .... .Th
Congregational Society held broom drill
and music sociable Friday night.
George Woodward, son of the late DAME
ford disaster, is quite sick with typroiC
fever George w. Kennedy is attending
the Orange county Supreme Court. Th'
grass looks green as the snow disappears
Keeler's Bay.
Mr. II. +. Ferriss will start his mea
cart the first of the season. ,.. Mrs
Laura Mott of South Hero is very sick
also Mrs. Stephen Hoag of Grand Isle
Our doctor, Mr.. Petty who has just re
again confined to his bed Sunday
, Mr.. Eugene Tyler. our blacksmith. VIII
purchased the building known as Keller
| store, has just moved into the same -.
, There is now a mail route established be
tween Grand Isle and North Hero. Tn,
inhabitants of the Island are like AleXan
der Selkirke monarchs of all we survey
There is no crossing on sand bar bridge
with a team and the mail has to be car
ried in a boat.
Enosburgh.
The heavy rain of last week has caused
the ground to appear in a tint of greer
which is quite a delight to those who ar
short of hay, though we do not hear mucl
complaint in that respect, about here.....
Frank and Many Guild, who are attend
ing the spring school at Brigham acad
emy, were at home over saturday an'
Sunday. .... Rev Mr. Pay of East Enos
burgh is to soon move into the hous
just finished by H. c. Parker at the Cen
tire, Mr.. Pay taking an agency for som
/. publcatisns which will call him ava,
from home the most of the time. :, G. H
! Fairbanks, general agent for the Net
England Homestead, was home owe
Sunday. ..... School began in maay of tn
districts May g Miss Emily Kidde
, teaches the Centre school, Miss Haiti
Phillips at Sand Hill, Miss Matte Davi
, at East Enosburgh, Miss Cedelia Law
renee at West Enosburgh and Clara Car
T penter at the river district, Mr.. B. c
Chapman, a former resident of this town
) but of late of Buffalo, n. y, is in tow